Releasing the latest application version

Case study: You are the project manager for the world's #1 microblogging company – Chitter. Your project objective is to upgrade the software application to the latest version.

The following are the critical success criteria for your project:

• Since millions of users are connected, there has to be zero downtime for the application.
• Preserve existing customer data and migrate minimal new data.

The following assumptions will be made:

Consider a small subset of tasks from the whole project, pertinent to what you've learned in this chapter.

Breakdown of work

Please enter the following task list into a new blank Project file so that you can follow along. Practice makes perfect!

1. Stage several trials for the new application
2. Launch the project on the production server
3. Migrate consumer data
4. New branding data migration
5. Set up the production server infrastructure
6. Complete production...